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Show ETTOR ASKS PRIVILEGE Labor Leader Denied Opportunity to Make Statement to Court Salem, MasB . Nov. 2. Joseph Ettor leador of tho Lawrence textile workers work-ers last winter, who with Arturo Glo-vannltti Glo-vannltti and Joseph Caruso is on trial here, charged with responsibility for the murder of Anna Lopizzo. sought tc make a personal statement to tho court yesterday just before opening remarks for the defense began. Ills request was don'ed. The couit previously declined to rule on a motion mo-tion to take 'the case from the jurv but granted to defendant's counsel t right to renew it "when the testimonv is concluded. When court convened after luncheon lunch-eon yesterday Mahoney. personal counsel for Ettor. announced that E-tor E-tor asked the privilege of addressing the court. 1 don't care to hear from him at this time," said Judge Qulnn Counsel Coun-sel will proceed." An exception was taken to the ruling rul-ing on tho ground that It denied tho defendant "his constitutional right to oxplain his desire to have his personal per-sonal counsel address the jury in his behalf " In outlining the defense of Ettor and Glovannitti, Attorney Peters said ho would provo that throughout the strike tho defendants counselled against violence and on several occasions occa-sions prevented violence. He said testimony would be given to show that tho mill owners incited trouble to discredit dis-credit the strikers and that private detective hired by the mill owneis were arrested for committing depredations depre-dations and afterward wore released when the police learned their Identity. Both Ettor and Glovannitti, ho announced, an-nounced, would tako the stand and brand as falsehoods the testimony given giv-en against them by private detectives Glovannitti, he added, would denv absolutely the spoecli attributed to him, In which he was quoted as hav-ng hav-ng advised the strikers to ":rowl like wild animals at night, seeking the blood of the scabs " Mr. Syke. outlining Caruso's ca3e said hio dofense will be an alibi, his wife, a friend and other witnesses being ready to testify that at the time of the riot Caruso was at home eating eat-ing supper. The first witness for tho defense will take the stand today. Nearly 200 names aro on the list of probable witnesses wit-nesses to bo called |